June 2002

Disney challenges town library’s new mouse logo

A Sad Story from FL says Walt Disney Co. officials have until July 30 to decide whether to challenge the Genesee District Library\’s mascot for an alleged similarity to Mickey Mouse.


Last summer, the library submitted a trademark registry request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for \”Book Mouse,\” a blue, large-eared rodent wearing red-rimmed glasses and a backpack. Book Mouse appears on bumper stickers and in coloring books, and even marches in local parades.


Library attorney Patric Parker said \”I don\’t think we cut into their movie profits this last year.\”

Free The Mouse.

June 22, 2002 by Internet Librarians Libraries

Signed first edition Dracula book could make 10,000

Charles Davis sent over
This ananova.com Story that says first editions of the Lord of the Rings and Bram Stoker\’s
Dracula are expected to make £10,000 at two separate
auctions this month.

The rare first edition of Dracula is signed by Bram Stoker
and will be auctioned by Sotheby\’s next month.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy date from 1954 and 1955 and is
being auctioned at Dominic Winter Book Auctions, in
Swindon, on Thursday.

June 21, 2002 by Books

Good News, Bad News

Everyday I read ALOT of news stories from around the world about libraries. Most times I don\’t post them to LISNews because they are of local interest, but today I\’ll post a bunch of what I\’ve seen around the web, to give you an idea of what\’s going on out there.

It\’s not all good, and not all bad. On average I\’d say it seems to be mostly bad for school libraries, and so-so for the publics. First the Bad News:
Locke shortchanged us, state library officials say from WA.


TX, OR, TX Again, England, NC, WA and CO, all have bad news.

How about something good? Well, I found good news on
New or renovated libraries in AZ, WI, MI, RI, WA, and WA Again, WV and from The White House.

Keep your chins up, sometimes it seems like this is the worst time to be a library or a librarian, but the big picture looks pretty good!

Everyday I read ALOT of news stories from around the world about libraries. Most times I don\’t post them to LISNews because they are of local interest, but today I\’ll post a bunch of what I\’ve seen around the web, to give you an idea of what\’s going on out there.

It\’s not all good, and not all bad. On average I\’d say it seems to be mostly bad for school libraries, and so-so for the publics. First the Bad News:
Locke shortchanged us, state library officials say from WA.


TX, OR, TX Again, England, NC, WA and CO, all have bad news.

How about something good? Well, I found good news on
New or renovated libraries in AZ, WI, MI, RI, WA, and WA Again, WV and from The White House.

Keep your chins up, sometimes it seems like this is the worst time to be a library or a librarian, but the big picture looks pretty good!

June 21, 2002 by Libraries School Libraries

Americans pick up books — but are they reading?

CNN has This One that asks, Are Americans reading more, or do they just want you to think they are? They say sales have been flat in recent years, but praise of books both good and great is on the rise, they don\’t say prices have increased though. President Bush is reportedly studying Aristotle.

\”I\’m not sure bookish people make good presidents, but they like to appear that way, I once asked Gerald Ford what books he read and he told me he was too busy. He presented that as being a real man: Real men don\’t read books. But after I published that (in New York magazine) he was seen carrying books around and they started putting out a list of books he was reading.\”

June 21, 2002 by Books

Whose rights are we protecting?

Here\’s One from The NJ Ledger that says two freight trains are on the same track headed towards each other, and the point of collision will likely be your public library. She says she\’s amazed that we are so dazzled by a new technology we forget the existence of long-held societal beliefs, and we are forgetting the right of a child to go to a library free from inappropriate sexual images.

\”We long ago established that libraries could exert care in the books they select for purchase. There has never been much of an argument that they are \”censoring\” information by refusing to purchase porn. In fact, we probably wouldn\’t let them use taxpayers\’ money that way. We just wouldn\’t.\”

June 21, 2002 by Libraries

Webcasting Determination Announced by Librarian of Congress.

While listening to blues
on Live365.com, I read on their home
page that the
Librarian of Congress announced the new royalty rate for Webcasting. 
Live365 was \”disappointed\” by the rate, \”seven one-hundredth of a cent,
per song, per performance, per listener,\” but still had up a request that
folk send a
\’thank you\’ letter to \”Senators Leahy
and Hatch to thank
them for their attention to this issue.\”  They held Senate hearings
on May 15th to discuss the webcasting rates.  The audio
of the hearings are currently archived as part of 365\’s (slightly
quirky) government news radio stream collection.  The site also
has a resource page on the CARP,
the \”Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel.\”

Copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates_final.html

Copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates.html

Webcasting,
Webcaster, Webcast, Internet Web Radio Online, News

While listening to blues
on Live365.com, I read on their home
page that the
Librarian of Congress announced the new royalty rate for Webcasting. 
Live365 was \”disappointed\” by the rate, \”seven one-hundredth of a cent,
per song, per performance, per listener,\” but still had up a request that
folk send a
\’thank you\’ letter to \”Senators Leahy
and Hatch to thank
them for their attention to this issue.\”  They held Senate hearings
on May 15th to discuss the webcasting rates.  The audio
of the hearings are currently archived as part of 365\’s (slightly
quirky) government news radio stream collection.  The site also
has a resource page on the CARP,
the \”Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel.\”

Copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates_final.html

Copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates.html

Webcasting,
Webcaster, Webcast, Internet Web Radio Online, News
Google search: [CARP
radio]

LISNews Keywords:
copyright
| radio |
RIAA

LISNews Archive:

20020429 \”Web
radio stations shut down to protest LOC/Copyright Office ruling.\” -post
by Ryan

20020326 \”Internet
Radio Faces Increased Royalty Fees.\” -post by Aaron

20020222 \”Proposed
Fees for Broadcasting Songs Online Worry.\” -post by Blake

  • Live365\’s sample letter:
      • \”Use the sample letter, below, or create your own.\”

             Dear Chairman Leahy
      and Senator Hatch:

             Thank you for holding
      a hearing about Internet radio and the

             risk that Internet
      radio is going to be crushed by high

             royalties owed to
      the record industry. I listen to Internet

             radio, I enjoy it
      a great deal, and I have purchased several

             CDs after first
      hearing the music online.

             Internet radio helps
      me discover new music and enjoy more

             varieties of old
      music. It is great for artists who don’t get

             airplay on broadcast
      radio, and great for listeners like me who

             dislike cookie-cutter
      radio.

             Please make sure
      that royalties do not kill Internet radio, so

             that I can continue
      to discover new artists and new music.

             Thank you.

             NAME

             ADDRESS

             CITY

        Contact The
      Honorable Orrin Hatch

        Contact The
      Honorable Patrick Leahy

    June 21, 2002 by Google Internet Librarians Libraries Music

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